The rewards of Sansom’s novel are chiefly tonal . . . Sansom shares Morissey’s knack of pushing glumness into camp amusement at its own Eeyore-ish excess.” - New York Times Book Review
“One of the most unlikely detectives you’ll ever come across.” - Daily Express
“Ian Sansom is as expertly comic as his hero is comically inept.” - London Times
“Sansom is emphatically unpretentious in his portrayal of the ordinary lives of ordinary folk, and his gentle humor buoys their humdrum lives…pleasing, amusing and honest.” - New York Newsday
“appealing” - Kirkus Reviews
“[THE BOOK STOPS HERE] succeeds as a light farce . . . The book’s high point is the acerbic portrayal of the personalities making up the Mobile Library Steering Committee, but most every page will elicit a grin, if not a chuckle.” - Publishers Weekly
“A humane, big-hearted and sometimes devastatingly funny book.” - LA Weekly
“A clever, affectionate poke in the ribs…. Sansom...discovers an exceptionally lively world.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Hang around for what promises to be a very enjoyable series.” - The Observer
“A work of tender and bonhomous refraction…pleasing, amusing and honest.” - Newsday
